Labeling device.



SIDNEY DETMERS, O11 BUFFALO, NEW YURK, ASSIGNUR (COMPANY, OF. BUFFALU,NEW YORK LABELING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed November 9, 1906. Serial No. 342.694.

fo all ywhom 'it nia-..7 concern.'

Be 1t known that I, SIDNEY Dn'rzurtns, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bu'tfalo, in the count)7 ofErie and State ol' New York, have invented a new and useful lm-)rovernent in Labeling Devices, oi which thc iollowing is aspecification.

This in vention relates to a labeling device ol' simple and inexpensiveconstruction which is more particularly designed i'or marking, labelinglor imloxingloose leaf books or tiles oi' papers, thc covers of which areconnected at the'back by two or more. posts which latter' engage withthe openings in the sheets ,inclosed between the covers oi' the books ortiles.

The object of this inventionis to provide an improved marking, indexingor labeling device for books and tiles of this character which may be aplied thereto so as to show the contents of tie book ortile at the hackthereol' from the time the placing of leaves between the covers is begununtil-the book or iile has been completely filled, thereby permitting ofplacing the book or tile on the shelf either in ra horizontal orvertical position and enabling its contentsto bedetermined at all timeswithout witl-ldrawing the same from the shelf. v

ln the accon'ipanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective View of aloose leaiE book provided with my improved labeling device. Fig. is afragmentary vertical section there.- of taken through the labelingdevice and one v oi the tierods or binding posts olE the book.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view ot' a book with the top eoverremovod,showing my im proved marking or labeling device applied thereto. Fig. 4isa view similar to Fig. 2, showing a different application oi themarking device and a modification in the construction thereot` Fig. 5 isa detached perspective view .if my improved labeling device, showing thesame inverted from the position shown in Figs. 1-3l and showing the sameprovioed with a dili'erent form of eye for receiving the binder rod. l l

Similar letters oi reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

lho loose leaf book shown in the drawings for illustrating theapplication of mf' invention comprises a bottom or rear cover A, a topor front cover B, transverse tie rods or bindin posts C connectedpermanently at one end to the bottom cover and passing withtierodsorbindiinr t l l l l intermediate their opposite threadedemisthrough openings in the top cover, nuts (l applied to the threadedends oi' the binding )osts and lbearingIl against the outer side of ltheupper cover, and leaves E arranged between the two covers and eachprovided at its back end or edge with ke)v hole slots or openings cwhich receive the binding posts.

My improved labeling device consists gcnerally oi a llat `l'ront platel" adapted to bear the mark, index or inscription on its outer side anda rear flange or attaching plate (i projecting laterally from the saidplate and adapted to be l'astencd to the book. .The inscription plateand the attaching .llange may be constructed ol' an suit-able materialbut are preferably bcnt Al`rom a single sheet. oi' metal so that theattaching ilange projects Vl'rom one edge oll the inscription plateinward at an angle to the latter'. "lhc attaching liange is preferablyvinserted between the bottom cover and the pile of leaves above the sameso that the inscription plate bears ilatl` wist` against thc back edgesof the leaves or is arranged adjacent to or along said edges. l'Vhen thelabeling device is used in this manner new leaves may bc addedsuccessively to thi` top oi' the stach or pile ol' leaves withoutdisturbing the labeling device. ll' desired, however7 the llangc olx thelabeling device may be inserted between thc top of they pile oil leavesand the upper cover, as shown in Fig. 4, or said flange may be placedbetween leaves oi` thebook.

ln order to conline against lengthwise displacement on the book itsliange is prcierabl)v so constructed that it nterlocks with one or moreoi the bindin posts of the book. As shown in Fis. 2 and 3, this iseilected by means ofan eye L in the flange of the labeling device havingthe form of a slot and extending from its central part to the rear edgethereof and ada ted to receive one of the binding posts oi the book.This constru ation while possessing the advantage oit/being readilytransferable from one book to other parts of the same book or to anotherbook depends upon the frietional cont-act with the covers and leaves forretaining it against lateral displacement.

Instead oi making the labeling device laterably detachable from thebindingpost, the eye whereby the same interloeks with the binding postmay be made in the form of an. opening closed on all sides, as shown atin the labeling device Figs. 4 and 5 in which case the labeling devicecan only be applied to or removed from the binding post by lengthwisemovement of the liange on the binding post. The mark, index orinscription indicating the contents of the book may be placed directlyon the front or outer side of the front plate but is referably appliedto a separate card or label. fr) which is removably attached to thefront Vlate so as to permit of readily and convenlently changing thelabel when necessary. For this purpose the index card or label may beslipped with its opposite edges underneath a pair of opposingguidellanges Z, l1 arranged at opposite edges of the front plate.

The labeling device is preferably constructed of a single sheet of metalwhich is bent to form the front plate F and the attaching flange or lateGr which are arranged at an angle to eac other, the metal adjacent tothe corner between these parts being double folded to form the guide lfor one longitudinal edge ofthe inscription card 7c, the otherlonvitudinal Aedge of the front plate being folded but once to form thecompanion guide Z1 for the other longitudinal edge of theI inscriptioncard, and one end of the front plate being providedwith an integral lipor stop l2 which is folded towardthe outer or front side of the frontplate to form a hook or stop which serves to liniit the movement of theinscription card on the front plate in that direction.

In making the labeling device the front plate is preferably bent so astoforni with the attaching flange or plate an acute angle, as shown byfull lines in l? ig. 5-and by dotted lines in Fig. 4. Upon pushing theattaching flange of a labeling device thus constructed fully inwardbetween the leaves or between one of the covers and the adjacent. leafof a book, thefront plate will bc bent at right angles to the attachingplate or flange. The

resilience of the front plate while thus deilected causes the same toalways lie flat against the back of the leaves instead of springing withits free end away from the back of the leaves as would be apt to occur`if the labeling device `were originally made with its front plate andattaching 'flange at right angles toeach other. I

My improved labeling device when permanently applied to a binding postdoes not interfere with the insertion or removal of sheets from thebook, it is equally serviceable when the book is partially filled orcompletely iilled, and it may be quickly a plied or removed, renderingit very desira le for loose leaf books which require marking orindexing.

I claim as my invention:

1. A labeling device constructed of a sheet ol" metal which is bent toforin a front inscription plate, a rear attaching plate or flangevarranged at an angle to the inscription plate, a double fold connectingone edge of the inscription plate with thefront edge of the attachingplate and forming ya guide-way for one edge of a label, and a singlefold arranged at the opposite edge of the inscription plate and forminga guide-way`for the other edge of a label, substantially as set forth.

2. A labeling device constructed from a single sheet of metal andcomposed of a front plate, a'n attaching flange arranged at an angle tothe front plate, a guide formed adja-y cent to 'the corner between thefront plate 75 and attaching [lange by double folding this portion ofthe sheet, a guide formed on the opposite edge of the front plate byfolding this portion of the front plate o'nce and a stop or lip foldedfrom. one' endof the front plate 80 I against the outer side of thesame, substantially as set forth.

Witness my handthis 31stl dayrof October, 1906.

SIDNEY DETMERS. lilitnesses:

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